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	MIAMI VICE
		I shutter to think of what a carbon copy MIAMI VICE film could have been like (lesser film makers could have made it a ghastly, satiric farce that set itself in the 80’s and lampooned the original, as they did with STARSKY AND HUTCH, not that there was anything wrong with the later film).
		The story of MIAMI VICE would be sparse enough to fill any episode of the TV show, but the real star of the film is undeniably the man behind the camera.
		The film is a dazzler, to be sure (it’s bold, flamboyant, sexy, stylish, and filled to the rim with nail biting action, especially at the beginning and end), but this is more aptly an avant garde, art house summer action film.
	www.craigerscinemacorner.com /Reviews/miami_vice.htm (1817 words)

	Miami Vice
		Miami Vice was less about the solving of mysteries then it was a contemporary morality play.
		As Film Comment critic Richard T. Jameson commented, "It's hard to forbear saying, every five minutes or so, 'I can't believe this was shot for television!'" Miami Vice was one of the most visually stylized programs of the 1980s and it drew its stylistic inspiration from the cinema's film noir.
		Miami Vice (along with Hill Street Blues and Cagney and Lacey) was one of the ground breaking police programs of the 1980s.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/M/htmlM/miamivice/miamivice.htm (880 words)

	Miami Vice (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Miami Vice is a 2006 American feature film adaptation of the 1980s TV series of the same name, written, produced, and directed by Michael Mann, the TV show's executive producer.
		Miami Vice holds a 46-percent rotten rating at Rotten Tomatoes (although, notably, 68% among the "Cream of the Crop" critics) and a 6.2-rating at IMDB with 14,234 votes.
		The film had a drop-off of 60.2% the second weekend, dropping off at least 50% in subsequent weekends due to the unusually limited number of original screen releases.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miami_Vice_(film) (5153 words)

	Miami Vice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Miami Vice is beautifully shot but the lead characters lack the charisma of their TV series counterparts, and the underdeveloped story is well below the standards of Michael Mann's better films.
		Miami Vice exudes the kind of gritty life we expect, so much so that you might argue that neither Crockett nor Tubbs deserves to be called a main character; Mann reserves that role for crime itself.
		Miami Vice, as entertaining as some of it is, is so cool that it's almost too cool.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/miami_vice (1312 words)

	/FILM - Movie Review: Miami Vice
		I saw the film at an advance screening where the lady next to me fell asleep in the first half an hour.
		When the film was over, the crowd booed at the screen in anger.
		Miami Vice should be taught in the UCLA Screenwriting program in a course titled "How not to write a script."
	www.slashfilm.com /article.php/20060726miamivicemoviereview (529 words)

	Miami Vice Film Review - Time Out Film
		For many years, Michael Mann was better known as the name on the brash credits of TV’s ‘Miami Vice’ cop series than as the director of four barely released but for the most part exceptionally fine features; only with ‘The Last of the Mohicans’ and ‘Heat’ did he finally reach the cinemagoing public he deserved.
		First encountered on a club stakeout, Crockett and Tubbs – members of a Miami-Dade County PD vice squad that includes, memorably, a woman who’s an expert sharpshooter – are distracted from their immediate task when a suicidal phone call from an informer alerts them to an FBI investigation into the drug trade.
		Despite the hype being generated from certain corners, its a safe bet to say that true fans of Miami Vice (that is, those of us that can still remember the 80's TV series!) will be sadly disappointed at Michael Mann’s latest creation on celluloid.
	www.timeout.com /film/83480.html (642 words)

	CBC.ca - Arts - Film - Of Vice and Mann (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In fact, someone appears to have switched off the sun, which may be why it’s hard to spot a pet crocodile, or a bikini babe or a flamingo, all recurring characters on the original ‘80s TV series Miami Vice, and nowhere to be seen in the movie version.
		The release of Miami Vice, the film, brings fans full circle: the series was a minor revolution because it was so unusually cinematic, with its self-serious, intricate underworld plot lines and best-selling soundtracks.
		The new Miami Vice, updated to the present but with time-travel cameos from blazers and stubble, is strangely quiet.
	www.cbc.ca /arts/film/miamivice.html (1741 words)

	Slant Magazine - Film Review: Miami Vice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Miami Vice was boldly cinematic and splashy, awash in vibrant pastel colors, and every week viewers could plug into the fantasy of dashing rogue crime fighters in beautiful locales, with beautiful and sexy women and doomed romances, and a nihilistic mean streak where conflicts were resolved through a clip full of bullets.
		Miami Vice finds some heat in the sexual encounters, but not much affection, and it's difficult to empathize with this Crockett or this Tubbs.
		But then again, Miami Vice is a pretty lightweight movie with a threadbare premise and, in a way, it's nice to see Mann attacking a movie that is unpretentious pulp.
	www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=2391 (731 words)

	Miami-Vice.org Forum: Rico and Gina...Sonny and Trudy??
		Filming on the feature film adaptation of MIAMI VICE starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx is set to begin filming this spring with Michael Mann directing.
		To date little was known about the film but I got my hands on a casting call for the film that sheds a little bit of light on what we might see in Mann's big-screen vision for Crockett and Tubbs.
		Even though the original Miami Vice decade was the '80's, that never seemed to stop Mann when it came to controversial topics or realism.
	www.miami-vice.org /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3608 (1239 words)

	Miami Vice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Miami Vice was a popular television series (five seasons on NBC from 1984-1989) starring Don Johnson (James "Sonny" Crockett) and Philip Michael Thomas (Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs) as two Miami police detectives working undercover.
		Again, one of the most famous scenes that differentiated Miami Vice from other 'conventional' cops shows was the aforementioned scene involving Crockett and Tubbs travelling through the streets of Miami at night in the Ferrari to the song "In the Air Tonight".
		The model used in Miami Vice was customized with a chromed slide so that it showed up better during night shots, and was actually a model chambered in.45 ACP and rigged to shoot.45 blanks, despite the show referring to it as being a 10mm Auto.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miami_Vice (4581 words)

	Game Daze: 'Miami Vice: The Game' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		"Miami Vice: The Game" (Sierra Entertainment; PSP; $39.99; rated M) drips with action, attitude and atmosphere, creating the sensation that you're one of Miami's hippest detectives as you slink through South Beach or pursue drug dealers in wild boat chases in Biscayne Bay.
		A spinoff from the summer film starring Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell, this "Vice" draws from the same well of source material but doesn't require you to have seen the movie first to figure out how to proceed.
		At heart, "Vice" is a shooter that unfolds as Crockett or Tubbs go undercover on missions to locate drugs, set up increasingly complicated and time-sensitive deals and eventually take down a vicious South American drug kingpin.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06229/714086-96.stm (533 words)

	Miami Vice (2006) - Channel 4 Film review
		We slide straight into Miami Vice, riding pillion on a hand-held camera as it hunts through the crowd of a nightclub.
		Director Michael Mann brings to Miami Vice a stylised realism that is rather perverse in its choices.
		It is only once the film is over that you realise the plot is intentionally unclear; it seems we must share the undercover cops confusion as to which way is up and which way is down.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=154565 (298 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Film Listings
		There's plenty of death in Miami Vice as well, predictably so, with double-crosses galore and a token appearance by the Russian mob and the Aryan Brotherhood, two criminal enterprises not known for their sartorial splashiness.
		Miami Vice's one saving grace, and it's a slim one indeed, comes from Mann's tried-and-true, ultra-choreographed ballistics ballets, including one deafening, third-act rain of cordite and lead that threatens to make you leave the theatre limping.
		Perhaps vice isn't what it used to be, or maybe Crockett and Tubbs just aren't all that interesting when removed from their appropriate time slot, but this may well be the dreariest and most monochromatic time you'll have at the movies all summer.
	www.austinchronicle.com /gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid:389799 (647 words)

	FOXNews.com - 'Miami Vice' Disappoints - Movies \| Reviews
		The good thing about "Miami Vice" is that while neither Foxx as Detective Rico Tubbs nor Colin Farrell as Detective Sonny Crocket has much to do concerning dialogue or too much heavy lifting in the area of acting, they are both thoroughly watchable in the film.
		His previous film, "Collateral," starring Foxx and Tom Cruise, was nominated for two Academy Awards, and no one can forget that it was Mann who brought the evil Hannibal Lecter to the big screen with the 1986 film "Manhunter," starring "CSI" star William Petersen.
		But with "Miami Vice," it appears Mann is too close to his iconic subjects, and the movie is a classic case of letting the wrong scenes play out too long and cutting the wrong scenes for time.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,205984,00.html (926 words)

	Miami Vice Review - FilmFocus.Co.UK
		In Full: You'd be forgiven for thinking that a film based on a hugely popular television series directed by the Mann who launched his career with that series would be something to savour; a reinvention that understood both the original and the climate of 2006.
		Mann is still a masterfully visual director, projecting a vision of Miami that's uniquely his and, at the same time, wonderfully perceptive, just as he did with the LA of 2004's Collateral.
		Not the film we were promised but no shame either, Miami Vice is loaded with just enough thrills and spills to keep us glued to our seats.
	www.filmfocus.co.uk /review.asp?ReviewID=20702 (507 words)

	Miami Vice Chronicles
		You are about to enter a world where the sexy, sultry Miami scenery, and the heat of the music that defined the 1980s quite possibly forever changed the face of primetime television.
		The 20th Anniversary Miami Vice Convention was a smash.
		Be sure to read their Glossary of Film Terms to know what the different development stages they use are.
	www.wildhorse.com /MiamiVice (819 words)

	IGN: The Stax Report: Script Review of Miami Vice
		Filming on Miami Vice begins filming late spring for a July 28, 2006 release.
		This Miami Vice is not set in the 1980s.
		Miami Vice is not a buddy flick/shoot 'em-up.
	movies.ign.com /articles/589/589674p1.html (741 words)

	Miami-Dade County - Filmiami
		We would like to inform you about some specific night filming for the Universal Pictures’ feature film, “Miami Vice” starring Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell and produced, written and directed by Michael Mann.
		During the closure, an aerial sequence will be filmed on Interstate 95 between the hours of 2:00 AM and 4:00 AM.
		The production is grateful for the privilege to film on Interstate 95 and will do everything possible to minimize any inconveniences to residents and businesses in the area.
	www.miamidade.gov /filmiami/newsletter/Vol-41MiamiVice.asp (235 words)

	Miami Vice - Moviefone
		MIAMI VICE Miami Vice - The Official Site - In Theaters July 28.
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	movies.aol.com /movie/miami-vice/21727/main (282 words)

	Amazon.com: Miami Vice: Music: Original Soundtrack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Like the film itself, the soundtrack to Miami Vice is no 1980s retro-ride.
		As for those who still associate Miami Vice with pastel colors and the 1980s, they're better off checking out the soundtrack to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City--a video game that's actually more faithful to the spirit of the TV series than the movie that bears its name.
		Most of this soundtrack is electronic music, with the two Mogwai tracks and Nonpoint's cover of Phil Collin's "in the air tonight." There is also 4 tracks from the "original score" at the end.
	www.amazon.com /Miami-Vice-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B000GH3CWA (1854 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Red carpet for Miami Vice stars
		The film version of the 1980s TV show, directed by Michael Mann, stars the pair as undercover cops James "Sonny" Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs.
		Mann, whose other films include Heat and Collateral, has said he wanted to make a Miami Vice film since he saw the script for the pilot episode of the TV series.
		The 63-year-old director was an executive producer of the TV classic, which starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas and ran from 1984 to 1989.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/5222026.stm (281 words)

	'Miami Vice' film reminds of cocaine past (AP) \| The News is NowPublic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		'Miami Vice' film reminds of cocaine past (AP)
		'Miami Vice' film reminds of cocaine past (AP)
		MIAMI - The release of the new "Miami Vice" film conjures up memories of the city's "cocaine cowboy" past, when rival drug traffickers had shootouts with automatic weapons, bags of drugs washed up on beaches and police were outspent, outgunned and sometimes corrupted.
	www.nowpublic.com /miami_vice_film_reminds_of_cocaine_past_ap (137 words)

	GameDaily BIZ: Film Review: Miami Vice
		Substance places a distant second to style in the big-screen version of "Miami Vice," which sees respected filmmaker Michael Mann returning to the scene of the crime series that so effectively defined a decade.
		In its place is a darker, grittier creature that, while benefiting considerably from Dion Beebe's HD cinematography, is a frustratingly inert affair -- a long and talky excursion that fails to engage the viewer from the outset.
		Maybe it had something to do with that Miami heat, but the languid results likely won't be much of a tonic for the summer's lackluster boxoffice -- pirate pictures excepted.
	biz.gamedaily.com /industry/feature/?id=13340 (620 words)

	Less Miami, More Vice
		Now, in Michael Mann's Miami Vice, Farrell plays the same kind of character: brave, burdened, and loyal to his superiors as he infiltrates an international drug operation and falls for the girlfriend of the malevolent kingpin.
		The 2006 Miami Vice doesn't stay in Miami for long—our heroes are quickly hurrying off to Paraguay and Haiti, where things get much darker and more violent than the television adventures ever did.
		The resulting film glamorizes law-enforcement officers who have very little discipline when it comes to their personal lives and relationships.
	www.christianitytoday.com /movies/filmforum/060803.html (2113 words)

	Miami Vice - Film, Kino, DVD
		Nachdem Dion Beebe bei Miami Vice die Kamera führte, ist es kaum überraschend, dass der Film optisch stark an Michael Manns letztes Werk Collateral erinnert.
		Der Film hält sich viel zu oft mit Dingen auf, die für den Fortschritt der Handlung vollkommen unerheblich sind.
		Der Film ist zwar cool und optisch ansprechend, aber die mangelhaft vorgetragene Geschichte bricht dem Film schließlich das Rückgrat.
	www.moviemaze.de /filme/1409/miami-vice.html (786 words)

	Miami Vice - an art film? » Netscape.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		"âMiami Viceâ is an action picture for people who dig experimental art films, and vice versa." (106 days ago)
		Tags: colin farrell, miami vice, jamie foxx, action films, art films
		Why the Miami Vice TV Show is Coole...
	movies.netscape.com /story/2006/07/28/miami-vice-an-art-film (250 words)

	LatinoReview.com - The Latin Perspective On All Films! - Film/Movie Previews - Miami Vice
		The intensity of this case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one—especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves.
		Miami Vice, as a large-scale feature film, liberates what is adult, dangerous and alluring about working deeply undercoverespecially when Crockett and Tubbs go to where their badges don’t count
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	www.latinoreview.com /filmpreview.php?id=166 (341 words)

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